Verizon , T-Mobile Exchanges Shots Over Pricing
Verizon went on the attack against T-Mobile Wednesday, accusing its competitor of being less than straightforward in its pricing plans. Verizon said T-Mobile announced in 2017 it was rolling taxes and fees into plans, then started to attach them to…
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bills a little more than a year later. In June, T-Mobile’s “assisted support and upgrade support cost jumps to $35,” Verizon said: “So your plan price may not change, but your admin fee has gone up and it now costs $35 for support? Seems like just another name for a fee.” Verizon noted T-Mobile is now promising to keep prices flat, but that's also one of the commitments it made to get approval of its buy of Sprint. Verizon’s message to T-Mobile: “Sometimes the truth hurts, big time. And Verizon will not sit on the sidelines and watch as the Un-carrier continues to hoodwink consumers by dazzling them with one catchy announcement after another, only to Un-ravel and Un-do them just as soon as people forget.” A day earlier T-Mobile cited Verizon and AT&T for raising prices: “AT&T and Verizon are once again increasing costs for longtime customers who thought their phone bills were the last thing they had to worry about in a world where prices are rising from the gas pumps to the grocery store. Not cool, bro.” T-Mobile didn’t comment Wednesday on the Verizon release.